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Download full textCope, Jim – 1993
A study examined how students developed as readers from their own point of view. Reader autobiographies and questionnaires were collected from 272 advanced, general, and basic level 12th-grade high school students from a variety of high schools in the state of Georgia. In addition, three students who were characteristic of the three types of…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Grade 12, High School Seniors, High Schools
Peer reviewedMcNinch, George W. – Reading Horizons, 1997
Discusses "Earning by Learning," a program designed to increase reading attitudes of academically at-risk children by combining two strong motivational factors: cash rewards and adult attention/approval. Tests the program's success with second and third graders at a site in Georgia. Finds overall success in frequent book reading,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, High Risk Students, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness
